Jubal Brown
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Jubal Brown is a video producer and multi-media artist based in Toronto
, Canada
who gained notoriety in 1996 when he deliberately vomited in color on paintings at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York
and the Art Gallery of Ontario
in Toronto
.
Brown's target at MoMA was Piet Mondrian
's Composition With Red and Blue, which he targeted in order to counteract the piece's "lifelessness.". At the Art Gallery of Ontario he targeted
Raoul Dufy
's Harbor at Le Havre with red. It is believed he'd planned a yellow attack, which he never carried out although he wasn't charged with the vandalism in New York and Toronto. Although the museum officials at the MoMA initially believed his action to be an accident, Brown later admitted that he viewed his actions as artistic.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who gained notoriety in 1996 when he deliberately vomited in color on paintings at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and the Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Under the direction of its CEO Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO embarked on a $254 million redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
Brown's target at MoMA was Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian , was a Dutch painter.He was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism...
's Composition With Red and Blue, which he targeted in order to counteract the piece's "lifelessness.". At the Art Gallery of Ontario he targeted
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy[p] was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events...
's Harbor at Le Havre with red. It is believed he'd planned a yellow attack, which he never carried out although he wasn't charged with the vandalism in New York and Toronto. Although the museum officials at the MoMA initially believed his action to be an accident, Brown later admitted that he viewed his actions as artistic.
External links
- Jubal Brown on IMDB
- Jubal Brown's official website http://www.jubalbrown.com/
- Jubal Brown's video works http://www.youtube.com/user/jubalbrown
- Jubal Brown profile on dropFRAME http://dropframevideo.com/jubal.html